Vanity case construction



April 6; 1937. A. SAMSTAG VANITY CASE CONSTRUCTION Filed July 10, 1936 mV N ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STATES VANITY CASE CONSTRUCTION Louis 'A.Samstag, New York, N. Y.

Application July 10,

4 Claims.

The object of the present invention is to provide an ornamental casesuch as a vanity case or a case for holding any small articles such ascigarettes, characterized by a novel reinforcing of the sides of thebase member, enabling the use of a special and simple type hinge, theends of the base member being further reinforced by decorative endpieces which may serve to'conceal the ends of the hinge pin.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2, Figure 1, with thecover member slightly swung on its hinge toward open position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of one of the ornamental endpieces.

Figure 5 -is a fragmentary plan view of the base member and cover memberhinged together and partly broken away, on the line 55, Figure 6, andalso longitudinally.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of the structure shown inFigure 5.

Referring to the drawing, the base member is a simple tray-likeformation A of a piece of sheet metal, the metal being turned over toform a front flange l and a rear flange 2, which lie horizontally whenthe tray is resting on a plane surface. At each side of the tray arelatively shallow flange 3 is provided. Inasmuch as the tray does notdirectly support the cover member and has little strain imposed thereon,it may be of relatively light sheet stock.

At each side of the tray and applied to an appropriate flange 3, is arelatively heavy strainresisting plate 4 which, in the present embodil0ment, is oval in shape.

Each plate 4 is riveted to its adjacent flange 3 by means of a sleeverivet 5 which, being hollow, is adapted to permit the passage of a rivetpin carried by decorative end member 6 later to be described.

Referring to Figure 3, it will be seen that at one end eachstrain-resisting plate 4 is formed with a slot at l, forming a hingeseat for the hinge pin of the cover member B.

The cover member B comprises a piece of sheet metal curled at one endaround a hinge pin or wire 8. At its sides, the cover member is formedwith flanges 9 and at its front end the cover member may be flangedinwardly at l0 and over a frame plate II which may hold a mirror I2.

1936, SerialNo. 89,945

When the cover member is in closed position, its position, it sideflanges 9 lie Within the strainresisting plates 4. The hinge pin or wire8 carried by the cover member is bent at right angles at each end, thebent ends being fitted within the slots 1 of the strain-resisting plates4, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.

The method of assembly is very simple. The hinge pin or wire may beplaced in position and its ends bent angularly. Then one bent end may beinserted in the slot I of one of the plates l, after which the platesmay be slightly sprung apart and the other bent end of the hinge pin orwire snapped in position Within its appropriate slot of the secondstrain-resisting plate, which completes the assembly.

It has been noted above that sleeve rivets are employed for attachingthe strain-resisting plates 4 to the flanges 3 of the base member. Thedecorative end pieces 6 have molded therewith or driven in suitableapertures therein, rivet pins 63:. When each end piece is placed in theposition shown in Figure 1, pins 6.1: will pass through the sleeverivets and may be headed on the inner faces thereof, as shown in Figure3. These end pieces will cover and conceal the slots 1 and bent hingepin ends and will further reinforce the base member.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is as follows:

1. In a device of the character described, a base member comprising apiece of sheet metal flanged longitudinally at its front and rearmargins and having a flangeat each side margin, forming a tray, astrain-resisting plate riveted to each side flange of the tray, eachstrain-resisting plate being formed with a slot at one end thereof, acover member having one end thereof curled to form a hinge sleeve, ahinge pin in said sleeve and angularly bent at each end, the bent endsof said pin being seated in the slots of the said strain-resistingplates, and a decora- K 10 base member comprising a piece of sheet metalflanged longitudinally :at its front and rear margins and having sideflange members, the whole forming atray, each side flange member of thetray being formed with a slot at one end thereof,

5 a cover member, a hinge pin carried by the cover member, the pin beingangularly bent at each end, the bent ends of said pin being seated'in'the slots of said tray flange members, and a decorative end pieceapplied to the exterior of each of said flange members, concealing thehinge pin.

4. In a device of the character described, a base member comprising apiece of sheet metal flanged longitudinally at its front and rearmargins and having a flange at each side margin forming a. tray, astrain-resisting plate riveted to each side flange of the trayexteriorly thereof, a cover member having one end thereof curled to forma hinge sleeve, a hinge pin in said sleeve, the ends of said pin beingseated in the slots of said strain- ;resisting plates, and said platesforming side boundary members for the cover when the latter is moved toclosed position abutting the longitudinal flanges of the tray.

LOUIS A. SAMSTAG.

